Macquarie University - Visionary leadership, identity & motivation: Become a meaning maker
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Visionary leadership, identity & motivation: Become a meaning maker at Coursera Overview
Duration | 29 hours |
Start from | Start Now |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Visionary leadership, identity & motivation: Become a meaning maker at Coursera Highlights
- Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
- 100% online Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
- Course 4 of 4 in the Leading: Human Resource Management and Leadership Specialization
- Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
- Beginner Level
- Approx. 29 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish
Visionary leadership, identity & motivation: Become a meaning maker at Coursera Course details
- When faced with a complex and ambiguous work environment, how do you, as a potential leader, envision the future? How can you deliver on your vision in a way that conveys meaning and drives positive change within your organisation? In this course you will explore how leaders can create a compelling vision and communicate it, and how they create meaning and make work more meaningful. You will look at the role the brain and the body play in processing meaning, and how this can inspire your employees to follow you and your vision. This course will also teach you how to develop meaningful brand identity and the role it can play in clarifying and reinforcing your leadership vision within your organisation, for your partners and for your customers. You will discover that meaning crosses into almost every aspect of management. Finally, you will better understand how social and cultural factors can influence what you can achieve and your limitations when seeking to create meaning.
Visionary leadership, identity & motivation: Become a meaning maker at Coursera Curriculum
Meaning and making meaning
Course welcome and introduction
Week 1 Outline
Meaningful work
Work design and meaning
Meaninglessness
Meaning through fit
Habit corner 1
Course overview
Which continent do you hail from?
Preconceptions: What work means to you...
Explore further resources 1
Practice exercises 1
About the habit corner
Habit Corner- Sample
Recall - Week 1
Week 1 quiz
Leadership and meaning making
Week 2 Outline
Framing
Symbolic representation
Rhetorical crafting
Creating meaning through social identity
Explore further resources 2
Practice exercises 2
Week 2 quiz
Brain, body and storytelling in meaning making
Week 3 Outline
The neuroscience of meaning making
Creating meaning through voice and breath
Creating meaning through body language & posture
Creating meaning through stories
Explore further resources 3
Practice exercises 3
Week 3 quiz
Branding as meaning making
Week 4 Outline
Don?t be liked, be loved!
Be visionary
Be meaningful: Craft brand personality
Explore further resources 4
Practice exercises 4
Recall week 4
Week 4 quiz
Building brands
Week 5 Outline
Creating meaning through brand elements
Brand logos and symbols
Measuring and monitoring brand based meaning making
Explore further resources 5
Practice exercises 5
Recall week 5
Week 5 quiz
Meaning in social context
Week 6 Outline
Managing meaning in a wider context: Alienation and work in capitalist society
A religious 'spirit of capitalism'
A 'new spirit of capitalism'
Explore further resources 6
Week 6 quiz
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